Over the past month, I have been exercising a good bit. I am not too fond of riding my road bike outside when it is cold or raining, so I have started running. This is the 5th day in a row that I have run of some kind, and I am going to keep going.
Past 5 days - 12/26/2007 thru 12/30/2007
- Wednesday I ran/walk 4.5 miles on a treadmill.
- Thursday I played Ultimate Frisbee and covered 4.4 miles.
- Friday I ran/walk 2.2 miles on a treadmill.
- Saturday I tried to run 4.4 miles but only ran about 2 of it. But, I did run the first mile without stopping.
- Sunday I ran 1 mile non stop, which was my target.
I own a Garmin Forerunner 305 HRM/GPS watch, so I can track my mileage while running. I also have the footpod accessory so I can track my mileage on a treadmill or indoors.
My ultimate goal is to trade some body fat for muscle. I am not looking to drop much weight, as I currently weigh 177 lbs, have 17% body fat and I am 5'10", which by no means is overweight.
As for running, I would like to get to the point where I can run 4 to 5 miles non-stop and also be able to trail run that same distance. It should not take me too long to get to that point. Hopefully by the end of Jan '08. The when the spring comes or there is not snow on the ground, I would like to start trail running up in Pisgah NC.
DP
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Life with an iPhone...
I have had my iPhone for about a month now and I thought I would list a few pros and cons, and also some thoughts about it based on previous phones I have owned.
Pros:
- Even though I own a 3G 20GB iPod, I now watch DiggNation video podcasts on my iPhone just about daily until I catch up to the current episode.
- The data is not as slow as you might think. I was at a local SCCA autocross a week ago and I was showing a kid the YouTube app on the phone and short Family Guy clips were loading fast enough to buffer without needing to stop mid video.
- Call audio is as good as any other Cingular/AT&T phone I have used before.
- WiFi speeds average about 3.6Mbps on my wireless router at home, with a peak measurement of 5.2Mbps. Measurement made through the Safari browser on the iPhone.
- Less reboots than my past WM phones.
- I use the alarm clock feature daily.
- The new IMAP email with Google is great. The email client on the iPhone is much nicer than that of the Treo 750 and Cingular 3125 I used before it. The Treo 750 would kill the battery when the email was setup on the phone.
- The only scratches on the phone are the Apple logo on the back.
Cons:
- Auto Spell Checking can be a pain at times.
- Can not use with sightless operation, i.e. can not use it without looking at the phone. I remember many of my past phones, you could pick them up and remember where all the buttons were and the thumb strokes to do things.
- No 3G.
- My roommate has a big grip that there is no A2DP support, but that is not a big deal to me.
Past phones I have used in order (new to old):
- Treo 750 (PPC WM5) - Cingular
- Cingular 3125 (SP WM5) - Cingular
- Audiovox SMT5600 (SP WM2003SE) - Cingular
- Treo 650 (Palm) - Sprint
- Sanyo flip phone - Sprint
- Motorola Startac - Sprint
Pros:
- Even though I own a 3G 20GB iPod, I now watch DiggNation video podcasts on my iPhone just about daily until I catch up to the current episode.
- The data is not as slow as you might think. I was at a local SCCA autocross a week ago and I was showing a kid the YouTube app on the phone and short Family Guy clips were loading fast enough to buffer without needing to stop mid video.
- Call audio is as good as any other Cingular/AT&T phone I have used before.
- WiFi speeds average about 3.6Mbps on my wireless router at home, with a peak measurement of 5.2Mbps. Measurement made through the Safari browser on the iPhone.
- Less reboots than my past WM phones.
- I use the alarm clock feature daily.
- The new IMAP email with Google is great. The email client on the iPhone is much nicer than that of the Treo 750 and Cingular 3125 I used before it. The Treo 750 would kill the battery when the email was setup on the phone.
- The only scratches on the phone are the Apple logo on the back.
Cons:
- Auto Spell Checking can be a pain at times.
- Can not use with sightless operation, i.e. can not use it without looking at the phone. I remember many of my past phones, you could pick them up and remember where all the buttons were and the thumb strokes to do things.
- No 3G.
- My roommate has a big grip that there is no A2DP support, but that is not a big deal to me.
Past phones I have used in order (new to old):
- Treo 750 (PPC WM5) - Cingular
- Cingular 3125 (SP WM5) - Cingular
- Audiovox SMT5600 (SP WM2003SE) - Cingular
- Treo 650 (Palm) - Sprint
- Sanyo flip phone - Sprint
- Motorola Startac - Sprint
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